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Big Sean Explores Different Concepts for His New Album
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Big Sean Introduces His Album 'Hall of Fame'
Big Sean debuts a documentary on the making on his sophomore album, Hall of Fame, via mtv2.
I thoroughly enjoy when artists release behind the scene footage and document their recording process. I'm still a huge fan of the Drake documentary Better Than Good Enough for his freshman album Thank Me Later on MTV. I remember it was a huge deal when complex magazine released the making of Kanye West's My Dark Twisted Fantasy. The film Jay-Z and Kanye released with the making of Watch The Throne also set the internet on fire. These rare instances where you get to go behind the scenes and see the very personal process of putting together an album is so rare even the artists closets friends can't be apart of it.
Sean's process of starting of a song begins with just mumbles. You see several scenes of him mumbling a melody, a few bars, or a chorus on his car, in the studio, or even in his phone. He then works with his producer to bounce ideas of him or sometimes he ask his friends what they think. However, there is no formula. As he shows with the spontaneity of just mumbling a song, when an idea goes of he tinkers with it each way he can until he find what fits right for him.
Sean also shows that inspiration is necessary to the process. We see him traveling around the globe; going to museums, seeing historic monuments, and engaging with the cultures of the cities he visits. He states that it's important that he sees different things because it inspires him, and you can't be inspired when you see the same things everyday.
I thought seeing him taking pictures and interacting with things that had nothing to do with rap or music was interesting. I think a lot of times with rappers, most interviews are just asking them about the competition amongst each other or rumors about their love life, but never what inspires their art. Rap music, just like any other contemporary art form like fashion or dancing, pulls from inspiration, so it was nice to see him going out and being apart of that action.
At the end of the documentary, Sean says that the first album, Finally Famous, was about getting on and being famous while this album was teach, help, and share. I think that is a main theme from this album and this documentary; that you are not alone. We all have our grind, we all need to be inspired, take breaks. We all hurt, we all have dreams, and we all eventually want someone to learn from what we did because it makes it even more significant than if it was just our own experience.
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- I've always loved music and wanted to work in it. Well, you gotta start somewhere. See you at the top? Ok, cool.
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